Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loin \Loin\, n. [OE. loine, OF. logne, F. longe, from (assumed)
LL. lumbea, L. lumbus join. Cf. {Lends}, {Lumbar},
{Nombles}.]
That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on
either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the
false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the
reins. See Illust. of {Beef}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loin
n 1: a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal
between the ribs and the rump
2: either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs
in humans as well as quadrupeds [syn: {lumbus}]
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